vocab Flashcards
industralizaiton
- old and new tech knowledge that led to major economic changes in britain, northwestern, europe, north america
- harnessing of fossil fuels which
- allowed econmic growth to outpace the rate of population increase
Mercantilism
- econmic system in 16th-18th century in eruope
- promoted **trade balance **for nation with teh extraction of raw materials and the distribution of manufactured goods to colonies
Capitilsim
- **is an economic system **
- a free market to determine the most
- determines resources + prices based on supply and demand.”
communism
- a political and economic ideology that is opposite to liberal democracy and capitalism.
- a classless system in which the means of production are owned communally and private property is nonexistent or severely curtailed.”
Working Class/Porelait
- lower/working class sell their labor in order to earn a living(under captalislm)
- no free access to the products of their labor + no access to means of communcation?
- alientated from the products they produce + each other
Capitalist/Bourgeoisie
19th century, non-noble property owners, especially those who controlled modern industry.”
Labor Unions (Luddites)
- an organization of workers in a trade, industry, or company that is created to represent the workers in negotiations with management over issues of pay, benefits, and working conditions.
- with employers in a process known as collective bargaining.
what was the slavery system called
the transatlantic trade system
how were slaves in muslim parts differnet than slaves used in the USA.
Why?
muslim slaves = 2 women to every 1 man
USA slaves= 2 man to every 1 woman
we wanted labor and the muslim wanted cooking cleaning and s*x
why did brazil import more slaves than the USA
-the working conditions werent good that the life expecantcy was age 23 so they would have to keep importing slaves
- in america the slaves would have kids and would contiune to reproudce so their was less need to import as many slaves as brazil
nickname for trade
triangle trade
what is the middle passage
triangular trade linking africa + america